is profiteering
- present progressive of profiteer (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"There is no evidence from a single supermarket that this is profiteering," he said.
From BBC ● May 25, 2023
There is profiteering, like with the Jude Law character.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2020
It's funny how reasonably priced these novelties seem when nobody is profiteering; a large, autographed Braff print averages about $75 on Amazon.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2013
They suggested that charging high prices for a medicine needed to keep someone alive is profiteering, akin to jacking up the prices of essential goods after a natural disaster.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2013
There is profiteering in the refugee camps by local chiefs appointed as middlemen in the food-distribution chain.
From Time Magazine Archive
